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Actor Yoon Yeo-jung, who first filmed in her 20s, has risen to the top after 50 years of acting. "The script was like the Bible, so I worked hard."
The path that actor Yoon Yeo-jeong has walked, reporter Choi Ho-won summarized it.
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Actor Yoon Yeo-jeong received the first attention as Jang Hee-bin in the 1971 drama'Jang Hee-bin'.
The film's debut film was'Hwa-nyeo', who appeared in the same year.
It wasn't easy for a 24-year-old actress to play a maid who seduces a man in her host's house, but she won the Grand Bell Award for New Artist Award and the Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actress.
In the academy award, director Kim Ki-young of'Hwa-nyeo' was mentioned.
[Yeo-jung Yoon/Actor: I want to dedicate this award to director Ki-young Kim, who was my first director and also a genius.]
After marrying singer Cho Young-nam,
I
went to the US and learned English became a hot topic at various awards ceremonies.
[Yeo-jung Yoon/Actor (Previewer at Sundance Film Festival, USA, January last year): I worked in the Korean film industry for a long time. So I was a little reluctant to appear in this movie (Minari). It was an independent film, and I thought it would be quite a pain in the end.]
[Yoon
Yeo-
jung/Actor (British Academy Awards, last 12th): I feel better after being recognized by high-profile British people.]
But, after divorcing Mr. Jo,
I felt better.
Returning to the actress was not easy.
In an interview with The New York Times, he said that he also heard stories that "a divorced woman should not appear on TV at the time."
Whenever I had a difficult acting opportunity, I did my best regardless of the lead or supporting role.
[Yeo-jung Yoon/Actor: I really wanted to live, so the script was like the Bible to me, so I just tried a lot, I worked hard.] I
was introduced to director Jeong Isak in 2018 through the filmmaker Lee In-ah, a long-time acquaintance
.
I was lucky to be handed over the scenario of'.
Yoon, who was recognized as a world-renowned actor by receiving the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Award, plans to continue her Hollywood activities, including appearing in the drama'Pachinko', which will be released in the United States this year.
(Screen source: YouTube Scott Menzel)